Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of theater, opera and film. Taymor's work has received many accolades from critics, and she has earned two Tony Awards out of four nominations, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design, an Emmy Award, and an Academy Award nomination for Original Song. She is widely known for directing the stage musical, The Lion King, for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical, in addition to a Tony Award for Original Costume Design. She had been the director of the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark before leaving in March 2011, after four months of previews (the longest preview period for any show in Broadway history), following artistic differences with the producers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julie Taymor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 1952-12-15 · Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Known for
- The Lion King (2019) — Executive Producer
- Frida (2002) — Director
- Across the Universe (2007) — Director
- The Colbert Report (2005)
- Titus (1999) — Screenplay
- The Tempest (2010) — Director
- The View (1997) — Self - Guest
- The Glorias (2020) — Director
- Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018) — Self
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) — Self - Stage and Film Director
- The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl (2025) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Kurosawa's Way (2011) — Self
- Dalí & Disney: A Date with Destino (2010) — Self
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2014) — Director
- Made in Hollywood (2005) — Self
- American Playhouse (1982) — Director